Michel Ducasse was born in 1962 in Mauritius. He spent his childhood in the village of Goodlands, northeast of the island. His collections of poetry include Alphabet (2001), Mélangés (2002), Soirs d’enfance, and Calindromes (2008). He writes in Kreol Morisien (Mauritian Creole) and French.

Alexis Pernsteiner is a literary and academic translator. Recent publications include Hotelles by Emma Mars (an erotic novel set in Paris, the City of Love) and The Invention of Race: Popular and Scientific Representations (edited by Nicolas Bancel, Thomas David, and Dominic Thomas).

Antoine Bargel believes poetry is best translated as a duo, one poet/translator from each of the two languages involved. He has published two books of poetry (Silences and Le sexe peint), written a dissertation on bilingual (Spanish/French) author Jorge Semprun, and currently works as a translator and editor for the French press Aux Forges de Vulcain.

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